Mooring buoys to protect precious coral reefs

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'Sailing boats on moorings in Bonaire, Caribbean. 60 have been installed to protect the sea floor'    . Reef Destruction. A boats anchor caught up on a tropical coral reef. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia - photo by oceanwideimages.com -  .. .   Mooring buoys are being acknowledged around the world as the best way to preserve our coral and sealife in popular sailing and anchoring areas. Now another Florida area is moving to copy the world trend. Is the coral in your precious cruising grounds similarly protected? Or are sailors still destroying the coral with every sinking anchor? Boca Raton - mooring buoys to be established in sensitive areas -  .. .   28 new mooring buoys are about to be installed on reefs in Florida from Boca Raton to Juno Beach. 'Our reefs have enough challenges without anchor damage,' said Janet Phipps, a coral reef ecologist with Palm Beach County’s Department of Environmental Resources Management. 'Anchors destroy corals that require hundreds of years to grow.' The white buoys with a blue stripe on them will have a thick line attached to them with a loop on the end. Sailors then run their bow line through the loop and tie off to the bow cleat. Funding for the new buoys came from Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission and from boat registration fees. Mooring buoys at Mangles Bay -  .. .   by Lee Mylchreest - 9:38 PM Sat 20 Oct 2012 GMT Click here for printer friendly version Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story. If you want to send this story to a friend, please use link below http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=103053 Based on your current download speed Sail-World has delivered large images (660 pixels long side.)  If you would like to see only small images (300 pixels long side) click here .  For medium sized images (500 pixels long side) click here .  If you would prefer to see text only (without pictures) click here Click for further information on Environment and the ocean Related News Stories: 09 Apr 2012  Royal Yacht Squadron leads the armada against windfarm plan 14 Jan 2012  Whale Wars - Australian protesters transferred from Japanese whaler 06 Nov 2011  SOS Ocean Racing setting up another Round Australia record attempt 18 Mar 2011  Dogs join Ocean Environment Action Group 15 Mar 2011  New Alliance to save whales AND sailors 17 Feb 2011  Extinction predictor 'will help protect coral reefs' 15 May 2010  SOS Ocean Racing Day 11 - Interesting would be an understatement 07 May 2010  Saves Our Seas Ocean Racing - Day 3 22 Mar 2010  60ft Plastiki sets sail from San Francisco 24 Jan 2010  Loggerhead Turtles return to Queensland in record numbers

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